The Wired Educator Podcast

Clifton Roozeboom is the inventor of PocketLab, a technology platform for hands-on science learning. PocketLab is used by tens of thousands of students and educators in 44 different countries and has received recognition from Stanford University, Yale University, ProtoLabs, the New York Museum of Modern Art, and the National Science Foundation. Clifton received his PhD from Stanford University in mechanical engineering. His PhD research was on micro-scale sensors for wireless sensor network applications. PocketLab is the perfect device for classrooms. Our school is now using PocketLab in our STEM room.  These tiny sensors can be attached to just about anything to measure and record scientific data. In this interview Clifton gives us the background on how PocketLab came to be and the many, many incredible ways they are being used in classrooms from primary all the way through post secondary learning.  There are many takeaways in this podcast.  You will certainly leave dreaming up ways you and your school can b